1place(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation place(3)
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6 Tk::place - Geometry manager for fixed or rubber-sheet placement
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9 $widget->place?(-option=>value?, -option=>value, ...)?
10 $widget->placeForget
12 $widget->placeInfo
14 $master->placeSlaves
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18 The placer is a geometry manager for Tk. It provides simple fixed
19 placement of windows, where you specify the exact size and location of
20 one window, called the slave, within another window, called the master.
21 The placer also provides rubber-sheet placement, where you specify the
22 size and location of the slave in terms of the dimensions of the
23 master, so that the slave changes size and location in response to
24 changes in the size of the master. Lastly, the placer allows you to
25 mix these styles of placement so that, for example, the slave has a
26 fixed width and height but is centered inside the master.
27 $slave->place?(-option=>value?, -option=>value, ...?)?
29 The place method arranges for the placer to manage the geometry of
30 $slave. The remaining arguments consist of one or more
31 -option=>value pairs that specify the way in which $slave's
32 geometry is managed. -option may have any of the values accepted by
33 the placeConfigure method.
34 The place method returns $slave.
36 $slave->placeConfigure?(-option=>value?, -option=>value, ...?)?
38 Query or modify the geometry options of the $slave. If no option is
39 specified, this method returns a list describing the available
40 options (see Tk_ConfigureInfo for information on the format of this
41 list). If option is specified with no value, then the command
42 returns a list describing the one named option (this list will be
43 identical to the corresponding sublist of the value returned if no
44 option is specified). If one or more option-value pairs are
45 specified, then the method modifies the given option(s) to have the
46 given value(s); in this case the command returns "undef".
47 The following -option=>value pairs are supported:
49 -anchor => where
51 Where specifies which point of $slave is to be positioned
52 at the (x,y) location selected by the -x, -y, -relx, and
53 -rely options. The anchor point is in terms of the outer
54 area of $slave including its border, if any. Thus if where
55 is se then the lower-right corner of $slave's border will
56 appear at the given (x,y) location in the master. The
57 anchor position defaults to nw.
58 -bordermode => mode
60 Mode determines the degree to which borders within the
61 master are used in determining the placement of the slave.
62 The default and most common value is inside. In this case
63 the placer considers the area of the master to be the
64 innermost area of the master, inside any border: an option
65 of -x=>0 corresponds to an x-coordinate just inside the
66 border and an option of -relwidth=>1.0 means $slave will
67 fill the area inside the master's border. If mode is
68 outside then the placer considers the area of the master to
69 include its border; this mode is typically used when
70 placing $slave outside its master, as with the options
71 -x=>0, -y=>0, -anchor=>ne. Lastly, mode may be specified
72 as ignore, in which case borders are ignored: the area of
73 the master is considered to be its official X area, which
74 includes any internal border but no external border. A
75 bordermode of ignore is probably not very useful.
76 -height => size
78 Size specifies the height for $slave in screen units (i.e.
79 any of the forms accepted by Tk_GetPixels). The height
80 will be the outer dimension of $slave including its border,
81 if any. If size is an empty string, or if no -height or
82 -relheight option is specified, then the height requested
83 internally by the window will be used.
84 -in => $master
86 $master is the reference to the window relative to which
87 $slave is to be placed. $master must either be $slave's
88 parent or a descendant of $slave's parent. In addition,
89 $master and $slave must both be descendants of the same
90 top-level window. These restrictions are necessary to
91 guarantee that $slave is visible whenever $master is
92 visible. If this option isn't specified then the master
93 defaults to $slave's parent.
94 -relheight => size
96 Size specifies the height for $slave. In this case the
97 height is specified as a floating-point number relative to
98 the height of the master: 0.5 means $slave will be half as
99 high as the master, 1.0 means $slave will have the same
100 height as the master, and so on. If both -height and
101 -relheight are specified for a slave, their values are
102 summed. For example, -relheight=>1.0, -height=>-2 makes
103 the slave 2 pixels shorter than the master.
104 -relwidth => size
106 Size specifies the width for $slave. In this case the
107 width is specified as a floating-point number relative to
108 the width of the master: 0.5 means $slave will be half as
109 wide as the master, 1.0 means $slave will have the same
110 width as the master, and so on. If both -width and
111 -relwidth are specified for a slave, their values are
112 summed. For example, -relwidth=>1.0, -width=>5 makes the
113 slave 5 pixels wider than the master.
114 -relx => location
116 Location specifies the x-coordinate within the master
117 window of the anchor point for $slave widget. In this case
118 the location is specified in a relative fashion as a
119 floating-point number: 0.0 corresponds to the left edge of
120 the master and 1.0 corresponds to the right edge of the
121 master. Location need not be in the range 0.0-1.0. If
122 both -x and -relx are specified for a slave then their
123 values are summed. For example, "-relx=>0.5, -x=-2"
124 positions the left edge of the slave 2 pixels to the left
125 of the center of its master.
126 -rely => location
128 Location specifies the y-coordinate within the master
129 window of the anchor point for $slave widget. In this case
130 the value is specified in a relative fashion as a floating-
131 point number: 0.0 corresponds to the top edge of the
132 master and 1.0 corresponds to the bottom edge of the
133 master. Location need not be in the range 0.0-1.0. If
134 both -y and -rely are specified for a slave then their
135 values are summed. For example, -rely=>0.5, -x=>3
136 positions the top edge of the slave 3 pixels below the
137 center of its master.
138 -width => size
140 Size specifies the width for $slave in screen units (i.e.
141 any of the forms accepted by Tk_GetPixels). The width will
142 be the outer width of $slave including its border, if any.
143 If size is an empty string, or if no -width or -relwidth
144 option is specified, then the width requested internally by
145 the window will be used.
146 -x => location
148 Location specifies the x-coordinate within the master
149 window of the anchor point for $slave widget. The location
150 is specified in screen units (i.e. any of the forms
151 accepted by Tk_GetPixels) and need not lie within the
152 bounds of the master window.
153 -y => location
155 Location specifies the y-coordinate within the master
156 window of the anchor point for $slave widget. The location
157 is specified in screen units (i.e. any of the forms
158 accepted by Tk_GetPixels) and need not lie within the
159 bounds of the master window.
160 If the same value is specified separately with two different
162 options, such as -x and -relx, then the most recent option is used
163 and the older one is ignored.
164 $slave->placeForget
166 The placeForget method causes the placer to stop managing the
167 geometry of $slave. As a side effect of this method call $slave
168 will be unmapped so that it doesn't appear on the screen. If
169 $slave isn't currently managed by the placer then the method call
170 has no effect. placeForget returns an empty string as result.
171 $slave->placeInfo
173 The placeInfo method returns a list giving the current
174 configuration of $slave. The list consists of -option=>value pairs
175 in exactly the same form as might be specified to the place method.
176 $slave->placeSlaves
178 The placeSlaves method returns a list of all the slave windows for
179 which $master is the master. If there are no slaves for $master
180 then an empty list is returned.
181 If the configuration of a window has been retrieved with placeInfo,
183 that configuration can be restored later by first using placeForget to
184 erase any existing information for the window and then invoking place
185 with the saved information.
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188 It is not necessary for the master window to be the parent of the slave
189 window. This feature is useful in at least two situations. First, for
190 complex window layouts it means you can create a hierarchy of
191 subwindows whose only purpose is to assist in the layout of the parent.
192 The ``real children'' of the parent (i.e. the windows that are
193 significant for the application's user interface) can be children of
194 the parent yet be placed inside the windows of the geometry-management
195 hierarchy. This means that the path names of the ``real children''
196 don't reflect the geometry-management hierarchy and users can specify
197 options for the real children without being aware of the structure of
198 the geometry-management hierarchy.
199 A second reason for having a master different than the slave's parent
201 is to tie two siblings together. For example, the placer can be used
202 to force a window always to be positioned centered just below one of
203 its siblings by specifying the configuration
204 -in=>$sibling, -relx=>0.5, -rely=>1.0, -anchor=>'n',
206 -bordermode=>'outside'
207 Whenever the $sibling widget is repositioned in the future, the slave
209 will be repositioned as well.
210 Unlike many other geometry managers (such as the packer) the placer
212 does not make any attempt to manipulate the geometry of the master
213 windows or the parents of slave windows (i.e. it doesn't set their
214 requested sizes). To control the sizes of these windows, make them
215 windows like frames and canvases that provide configuration options for
216 this purpose.
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219 Tk::form, Tk::grid, Tk::pack
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222 geometry manager, height, location, master, place, rubber sheet, slave,
223 width
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